Absbad. URhAl is one of a large class of uranium compounds with the hexagonal ZrNiAl structure. It becomes Ferromagnetic at 27 K and the ordered moment is found to be 0.94 pg per formula unit. We have performed experiments with polarized neutrons in order to measure the magnetization density in the unit cell. A crystallographic study gives atomic positions in agreement with previous work, but we find that the crystals, which were grown by a b c h r a l s k i method, are highly perfect and exhibit a large amount of extinction.Corrections for these effects are discussed. The magnetization density shows that the total moment as measured by magnetization is made up of four contributions. Tbe moments (in re) on uranium, Rh,, Rh,,, and from the conduction electrons are, respectively, 0.94(3), 0.28(2),0.03(2), and -0.11(3). ?he observation of a large moment at the Rh, site, which lies in the (001) plane with the U atoms shows that strong anisotropic hybridization occurs between the U and Rh,. This is the cause of the very large bulk anisotropy. At the uranium site we have analysed the contributions from the spin and orbital moments and find -pJ pr = 1.81(7). The freeion 5F'valuefor this ratiois 2.6. Thereductiongivesusaquantitative measure of hybridization in the system. The results are compared with those calculated from density functional theory.
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